Fire detection / Roger P. Bennett, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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FIRE DETECTION -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- EARLY DETECTION OF FOREST FIRES FROM SPACE BASED ON THE RTM METHOD -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PART 1. MONITORING OF BOREAL FOREST FIRES IN THE TOMSK REGION OF WESTERN SIBERIA -- 1.1. IMAGE PROCESSING -- 1.2. RESULTS -- PART 2. SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS OF THE TEMPERATURE MONITORING OF THE EARTH�S SURFACE FROM SPACE ON THE BASIS OF THE RTM METHOD -- 2.1. Formulation of the Problem of Fire Detection From Space

2.2. RETRIEVAL OF THE LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE 2.3. DISTORTIONS OF THERMAL RADIATION BY MOLECULAR ATMOSPHERE -- 2.3.1. Selective Absorption by Spectral Lines of Atmospheric Gases -- 2.3.2. Continuum Absorption by Spectral Line Wings of Atmospheric Gases -- 2.3.3. Influence of Errors in Setting Profiles of Meteorological Parameters -- PART 3. APPLICATIONS OF THE RTM METHOD -- 3.1. Structure of the Program Complex -- 3.2. AN EXAMPLE OF THE RTM METHOD APPLICATION -- 3.3. APPLICATION OF THE RTM METHOD TO DETECTION OF HIGH- TEMPERATURE OBJECTS

3.3.1. Description of the Algorithm Based on the RTM Method 3.3.2. Detection Results -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- FIRE SURVEILLANCE AND EVALUATION BY MEANS OF LIDAR TECHNIQUE -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PRINCIPLES OF SMOKE DETECTION BY LIDAR -- 2.1. Fundamentals of the Lidar Technique -- 2.2. Receiver and Clutter Noise -- 2.3. Smoke Plume Structure -- 2.4. Interaction of Smoke Plume with Laser Radiation -- 2.5. Eye Safety -- 3. IMPLEMENTATION -- 4. APPLICATIONS -- 4.1. Study of Smoke Dynamics

4.2. Forest-Fire Detection 4.3. Fire Detection in Industrial Environment -- 5. AUTOMATED DETECTION -- 6. LIDAR AND OTHER FIRE DETECTION METHODS -- 7. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- AN INTRODUCTION TO UNCERTAINTY IN REMOTELY SENSED FIRE MAPS AND HISTORIC FIRE REGIME RECONSTRUCTIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ERROR, UNCERTAINTY AND CONFIDENCE -- OPTICAL REMOTE SENSING AND UNCERTAINTY -- HETEROGENEITY AND FIRE MAPPING -- UNCERTAINTY AND HARD/SOFT CLASSIFICATION FOR FIRE MAPPING -- ACCURACY ASSESSMENT -- CASE STUDY

Labeling Mapped Confidence In A Historic Fire Regime Reconstruction Background -- Methods -- Classification of Burn Areas -- GIS Database -- Results -- Seasonalit y/area/size m managed fire r regime elemen nts -- Frequency/Return-Interval Managed Fire Regime Element -- Spatial Pattern Managed Fire Regime Element -- Mapped Confidence and Fire Boundary Degradation -- Discussion -- Uncertainty, Variability, and Fire Regime Elements -- Fire Boundary Degradation -- UNCERTAINTY AND FUTURE OF FIRE MAPPING -- ACKNOWLEGMENTS -- REFERENCES

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